Government on Friday approved a central scheme to use the Information Communication Technology (ICT) in providing personalised and interactive knowledge modules to students, a step aimed at increasing enrolment rate by five per cent in higher education in the 11th Plan.
The HRD Ministry scheme would cost Rs 4,612 crore in the 11th Plan, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said, with budgetary provision for the scheme for this financial year at Rs 502 crore.
As per the scheme, ICT potential will be used to provide high-quality personalised and interactive knowledge modules over the Internet and intra-net for all learners in higher educational institutes in any time and any where basis.
The mission will generate content and provide connectivity to institutes and learners. It will extend computer infrastructure and connectivity to over 18,000 colleges in the country, including each of the department of 419 universities, deemed universities and institutions of national importance.
The scheme is expected to increase enrolment rate in higher education from 10 per cent currently to 15 per cent by 2012. Read on …
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